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Quotes: Ronald Reagan |
When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats, well ladies and gentleman, I'd follow the example of their nominee; don't inhale.
Republican National Convention, 1992.
This fellow they've nominated claims he's the new Thomas Jefferson. Well let me tell you something; I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine and Governor... You're no Thomas Jefferson!
Republican National Convention, 1992
Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.
Los Angeles Times, January 7, 1970
Cures were developed for which there were no known diseases.
Commenting on Congress and the federal budget, 1981
We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.
Address to National Association of Realtors, March 28, 1982
History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
Address to the nation, January 16, 1984
[G]overnment's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Remarks to the White House Conference on Small Business, August 15, 1986
How do you tell a Communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
Remarks in Arlington, Virginia, September 25, 1987
A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist.
February 11, 1988
Republicans believe every day is 4th of July, but Democrats believe every day is April 15.
Attributed
You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream -- the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order -- or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path. Plutarch warned, "The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits."
Address to the nation, October 27, 1964
...there
is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets
the credit.
- January 21, 1981
They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.
-- Ronald Reagan
There
are no easy answers ... but there are simple answers. We must have the courage
to do what we know is morally right.
- Ronald Reagan
Politics
is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it
bears a very close resemblance to the first.
- Ronald Reagan
I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience.
- 1984 presidential debate with Walter Mondale
Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.
I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.
What makes him think a middle-aged actor, who's played with a chimp, could have a future in politics?
- on Clint Eastwood's bid to become mayor of Carmel
Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.
There's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.
- Ronald Reagan
We cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abandoned to abortion or infanticide.
- Ronald Reagan
Society has always regarded marital love as a sacred expression of the bond between a man and a woman. It is the means by which families are created and society itself is extended into the future. In the Judeo-Christian tradition it is the means by which husband and wife participate with God in the creation of a new human life. It is for these reasons, among others, that our society has always sought to protect this unique relationship. In part the erosion of these values has given way to a celebration of forms of expression most reject. We will resist the efforts of some to obtain government endorsement of homosexuality.
- Ronald Reagan
We were told four years ago that 17 million people went to bed hungry each night. Well, that was probably true. They were all on a diet.
- Ronald Reagan
Peace is not the absence of conflict; it is the handling of conflict in a peaceful way.
- Ronald Reagan